akflyer
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akflyer added a post in a topic Look at me!!! I'm important!
I tend to think the other way.. I tell my self I am paying myself to fold the wings... then stop by the bar and drink the savings :lol:
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akflyer added a post in a topic high EGT 582 GRRRRRRR
just hurry up and get it done.. I am flyhing home tomorrow... have it gassed up and warmed up for.. I got ducks to kill
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akflyer added a post in a topic Another "test" flight.
bet that is due more to the valves than the 100LL.. The question now is how long will it take for your valves to get shitty again with the 100LL.
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akflyer added a post in a topic oh oh list is getting chatty...
quote="occom"]Almost right on time, wasn't it this time last year that somebody threw a hissy fit with his "open letter" that ended in creation of a separate list?
Dave Goddard- Mod IV 1050/582
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I wonder if he was eating lead paint chips as a kid?
I sooooooo wanted to post over there but figured what I was gonna say would get me banned permanently..
So, whos plane is in his signature? his or Noels? Or is it one hell of a coincidence that they both have the same floats, cowl, and single float landing/takeoff technique at the same lake, same course same altitude?
I just dont think some people "get" it. The ENTIRE purpose of a forum is to exchange information. If they say that you can start a thread, but only reply to it in PM's or offline emails then what f$%^kn good is the forum. Hell I can save myself the trouble and just email 3 of my buddies and tell them I just got back from a killer flight... I find that most people want to share good experiences. I really do enjoy reading about others flights and the exhilaration they get from flying. But when I post up a story, get 50 people to look at it, and not one online reply it makes you feel like your story, idea etc. is not worth a shit (and some of them aren't ).
Sooo for those of you who like to dress up with high water pants and use a pocket protector why dont you try a little lighten up and let others enjoy this hobby life blood we spend most waking moment thinking about.
< this makes it all good
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akflyer added a post in a topic What the heck is this ?
Tell the truth...damn you cant be married....
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akflyer added a post in a topic S0... why DID Lowell Fitt crash????
welcome to the dark side...I am not sure I would bet on a stall... in looking at the pics, you can see the terain is pretty rough, and the area is tight. I would lay more on him coming in hot, the small tire digging in and all hell breaking loose after that..
The real question is, was there really an oil problem? So he was or did loose pressure.. did the temps come up? were there any signs other than low oil pressure to tell him that he needed to make an off airport landing.. in a field, with a road running next to it? I would have taken my chances with a fence on the side of the road before I did the rough field..
Had to edit this one... I can say that right now, looking at it from a nice warm office that this is what I would have done,however, having been in an emergency situation where I had but 2 seconds to think and no time to react and with no options on how hard I was gonna hit, I can say that I am 100% sure that he did what he thought he had to do at that time.... now looking back and reflecting I am sure he has asked himself 10,000 times if he did what he should have..
There is a reason they say hind sight is 20/20.
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akflyer added a post in a topic What the heck is this ?
Oh oh oh I know i know, pick me... they are like assholes, and on this forum I am one
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akflyer added a post in a topic oh oh list is getting chatty...
oh oh ... a flying philosopher... shut up and go to your room.
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akflyer added a post in a topic high EGT 582 GRRRRRRR
back to the topic..Last time I flew it was when I putthe new 72" prop on his plane.. I went from a 68" high pitch blade IFA to 72" low pitch. I had checked the jetting as the temps had dropped but was still getting higher than normal EGT's. I just pulled the power back, dialed in more pitch to get the EGTs down and flew around...Now it hits home.. I attributed the higher EGTs to having less pitch and the engine not workin hard....in reality, I was running out of fuel and trying to burn it down...hmmm. maybe we should learn to listen to the plane when it is trying to tell us something..
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akflyer added a post in a topic oh oh list is getting chatty...
Well I would say he is directing that at several guys...Dave refuses to put the sig up to... you know what really kills me is his line of thinking. First he says something along the lines of ..We want you to put your name and location etc. as a signature to help make the list a more friendly, personable place... then you get for trying to talk and be friendly... MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND...
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akflyer added a post in a topic high EGT 582 GRRRRRRR
They were pissin and moaning too much about our use of whale oil so we switched to seal oil. Now we may have to try walrus or something
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akflyer added a post in a topic Greetings Noel...
John,
as many attempts as you have made to get over there and failed, I am thinking you are not ment to go hunting
get her fixed up though cause I will be home in a few days ... If you doint have her tuned uo and ready to fly then your
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akflyer added a topic in Hardcore Avidfoxflyers
oh oh list is getting chatty...Holy crap, guys are having conversations, no bashing or getting out of hand yet someone feels the need to post that up? Holy shit what is wrong with a little friendly conversation...oh well, we can talk away here ifn ya want to.
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akflyer added a post in a topic S0... why DID Lowell Fitt crash????
Noel, post up the full size pic of your avatar!.. that is looking real nice. hell post up any pics you want.. nobodys gonna get mad about that over here!
Leni
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akflyer added a post in a topic Stalling talk...makes my head spin.
Bhwaaaaaa on the bold...
Hmm.. gonna have to come up with a good brown noser emo.
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akflyer added a post in a topic Was: flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
Must be where the old saying "wheres the f*^^ing duck" came from
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akflyer added a post in a topic Simple problems can be .....bad.
holy crap... damn goodthing you did not fly through a temperature inversion... that could have been really bad!
on a serious note, that did not take long to rub the fire sleeve.. last cub I put an engine in I was ANAL about tying everything back / down with sleeves so nothing could chafe. Everyone who has seen it said they had never seen an alaskan cub with such a clean install.. I bet it looks like shit now as it has been 2 years of 135 work so I know lots of field mechanics have had their grubby little dick skinners on it....
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akflyer added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
hey man, nothing but the finest redneck engineering for my kids! Daddy dont spare no expense onthe young'uns....
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akflyer added a post in a topic flying hard IFR with only a VFR rating
ya bugger... I told you to stop in for a drink if you were in the area... last time I invite you to my fine dwelling
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akflyer added a topic in Avidfoxflyers General Hangar
flying hard IFR with only a VFR ratingthe outcome is never good....
My ex-wife started taking flying lessons about the time our divorce started and she got her license shortly before our divorce was final, later that same year.
Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting when she was forced to make an emergency landing in Southern Tennessee because of bad weather. Thank God our kids were with me at the Beach House this weekend.
The NTSB issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: Judy was flying a single engine aircraft in IFR (instrument flight rating) conditions while only having obtained a VFR (visual flight rating) rating.
The absence of a post-crash fire was likely due to insufficient fuel on board. No one on the ground was injured.
Photographs below were taken at the scene show the extent of damage to her aircraft.
She was very lucky.
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akflyer added a post in a topic What am I missing here??
thats some funny stuff right there... and it works for me too.
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akflyer added a post in a topic What am I missing here??
damn... you gonna post up enough shit for me to smart off about that I am gonna get banned again..
but this is for the poster who does not like slow fun flying planes...
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akflyer added a post in a topic Hard starting 912's?
yep, I had to update my quicktime player... looks like she fires right up? was that a hot start? I want a 4 stroke now... sounds better than my ole 582....
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akflyer added a post in a topic Hard starting 912's?
DAmn I knew I was missing something lol.... nope.. I have it installed but maybe I need to update the codecs
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akflyer added a post in a topic EGT temps
That is what happens with our 2 strokes....have to run summer jets and winter jets..
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